Video taken with Google GlassGoogle Glass visits Detroit on their tour around the nation to exhibit their new wearable technology. Media got a sneak preview Friday before the Glass preview opens this weekend to the public at MOCAD, Nov. 15. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive.com)

DETROIT, MI - There's a reason why Google selected Detroit to be one of the first stops on on its nationwide tour to promote innovative Glass smart eyewear technology.

Google wants to be part of the push to revitalize Detroit and believes the Motor City's efforts to reinvent itself suit well with its overall mission, said Wilson White, a company spokesperson.

"Innovation is very important here in Detroit," said White, during Friday's Google Glass media preview event downtown. "But it has been since the history of the city.

"It's been a very, very innovative city, and that spirit of innovation dovetails very well with Glass. That's one of the primary drivers, but also Google has a very big commitment to the state of Michigan."

White said Google's relationship with Detroit should only get stronger over time because of an agreement to be part of the city's Woodward Avenue corridor technology community and an existing Google office in Birmingham, a suburb north of the city.